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Christina Rhodes

Christina Rhodes, BS, is an earth science writer on the editorial staff at Biology Insights. A certified public high school teacher, Rhodes still supervises student geology fieldwork each semester. She received her undergraduate degree in earth science education.

Why Was There More Oxygen in the Past?Earth & Space
What Is Ridge Push and Slab Pull in Plate Tectonics?Earth & Space
When Will the Earth’s Core Cool and What Happens Next?Earth & Space
What Causes Green Sand Beaches?Earth & Space
How Does Metamorphic Rock Become Igneous Rock?Earth & Space
Why Was Wegener’s Theory of Continental Drift Rejected?Earth & Space
How Are Impact Craters Formed? The Stages Explained Earth & Space
Is the Chicxulub Crater Visible? How Scientists Found It Earth & Space
How Did the Continents Break Apart?Earth & Space
Why Do Intrusive Igneous Rocks Have Large Crystals?Earth & Space
Do Mountains Really Stabilize the Earth?Earth & Space
Why Is the Earth’s Core Hot and What Keeps It That Way?Earth & Space
How Are Fossils Used to Identify the Age of Rocks?Earth & Space
When Did the First Rain Fall on Earth?Earth & Space
Why Is the Inner Core Important to Earth?Earth & Space
The Paleoproterozoic Era: Earth’s Transformative Period Earth & Space
What Is Flux Melting and How Does It Form Magma?Earth & Space
Is Basalt an Intrusive or Extrusive Igneous Rock?Earth & Space
The Late Devonian Mass Extinction: What Caused It?Earth & Space
What Causes the Mantle to Flow?Earth & Space
What Caused the First Mass Extinction?Earth & Space
North Carolina Earthquakes: New Perspectives on Seismic Activity Earth & Space
What Is the Frequency of the Earth?Earth & Space
How Does Decompression Melting Occur?Earth & Space
What Are Chemical Sedimentary Rocks and How Do They Form?Earth & Space
End-Permian Extinction: What Caused The Great Dying?Earth & Space
What Caused the Oso Landslide?Earth & Space
Pangaea Data: The Evidence for Earth’s Supercontinent Earth & Space
What Causes Convection Currents in Earth’s Mantle?Earth & Space
Is the Oceanic Crust Older Than the Continental?Earth & Space